I Stand......

Photography by Pratyush Pushkar

Alone I stand

In midst of my beings

Bereft of my wings

That shades my soul-

Green for the glee

As I sway with the wind

Orange for the glum

That stays within

Yellow the hue of wither

As I’ll fall on the ground below

Brown the tinge of my rust

When my wings are nothing but crust

Today as I stand alone

I found my wings

With their rusted crust

Flowing and following

To the tunes of the zephyr

Without turning back

They tear me apart

And bid me their

Unsaid goodbye

But I still stand tough

With all my strength

To survive the storm

© Literati Meraki - iwrite

17^th April, 2016

Hirune (nap)

with only a bag

to call as his property

he sleeps mindlessly

 

in his midday nap

owning a kind content heart

dreaming of new dawn

 

 Image Courtesy - Google Images

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #784 hirune (nap)

 

Suzuran (Lilly of the Valley) #2

the red beetle roams 

tickling orchids with his walk

while the dewdrops shine

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This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #782 Suzuran (Lilly of the Valley)

Suzuran (Lilly of the Valley)

orchids sway like bells

kissing the moonshine aura

in love's silhouette

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This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #782 Suzuran (Lilly of the Valley)

   

Utabukuro #Geisha

I don't have much of Haiku knowledge nor do I know much about any renowned Haiku poets.

I am not much of a frog lover but I did like the Haiku about 'Geisha' written by Chèvrefeuille.

geisha's secret life
gathering tea leaves
for her lover

© Chèvrefeuille

 

 

 as she always did

as long as i can recall

longing his return

 

dreaming his visit

she glows in his love's casket

as he hugs her tight

 

but her dream's broken

as she hears the cuckoos call

crestfallen within

 

mustering courage

she again gathers tea leaves

           for her lover......          

© Literati Meraki - iwrite

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem Utabukuro #5 Origami frog

Image Courtesy - Carpe Diem blog and Google Images.

 

Recalling

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to enact an act
on martyr's cemeterywe lay a small stage

closing our eyes, ears and lips

holding with our hands
recalling Gandhi

 

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem Ghost Writer #30, Garry Gay on "thinking out of the box or misdirection"

Somersault

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walking down my tomb

i did a long somersault

to seek my lover

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem Ghost Writer #30, Garry Gay on "thinking out of the box or misdirection"

Enticing Soul

mother earth shines with
magical hues and aura
enticing my soul

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #587, Sacred Earth

Rainbow Aura

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 river stone shimmers
beneath the flowing river
while sun shines on them

trapped between the two
creating rainbow aura
hypnotizing us

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #586, River Stones

Doomsday

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cataclysmic clash
fury fire and rough high tides
dooming the lighthouse

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #585, The Lighthouse of Alexandria

Far and Beyond

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far and beyond time
waited a guard's woman
to reunite love

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #585, The Lighthouse of Alexandria

A Grain of Thought and A Grain of Love

Is this all?

Just a grain of thought

That makes your mind go round

Giving rationale to your whole dream world

Sweeping you in its enchanting abyss

Swoosh you go in its clutch

Liberating yourself

In its nest

Is this all?

Just a grain of love

That you so wishfully desire

To sway you in its mesmerizing dance

As it excites your inner cores

Freeing your soul’s scuff

And surrender

To love

This poem is written and shared with   - Kerry's Sunday Mini Challenge - In Other Words at Real Toads where we have to select any of the two titles given and substitute our own words in place indicated below, and write a new poem under the title you have created.

1. The ____ Incident of the ____ in the ____-Time

2. A ____ of Wheat

3. A Grain of ____

The books were: 

a) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon.

b) A Grain of Wheat, a novel by Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

 

Whispering Starry Night

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under starry sight
trees dance in sizzling tandem
to whispers of wind

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #584, Amanogawa (The Milky Way)

Cobweb of Life

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lonesome dim light room
i stay with the dusty roofs
my cobweb of life

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem "Little Creatures" #9 "spiders"

Penny

amongst busy footpath
an oldie plays passionate drum
earning little penny

This Haiku is shared with Haiku Horizons - Drum.

Inhaling Rapture

luscious greenery
in aroma filled valleys
inhaling rapture

This Haiku is shared with - Carpe Diem #583, Magic Fields

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